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Oct. 15, 1929. J. GROSSMAN 1,731,414

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Filed May 25, 1928 2 Sheets-Shut 1 Oct. 15, 1929. J. GROSSMAN 1,731,414

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Filed May 25, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Patented a. 15,1929

UNIT/ED STATES PATENT OFFICE JACOB GROW, 01' EAS PETH, NEW YORK BOXApplication filed an as, 1928. Serial no. 2130,0217.

'be sold by merchants to customers carrying .narily their purchases withthem.

The present device comprises a box having a body and a co-operatlngmember which may be considered as a cover, the body and, coverpreferably being made from a single sheet of cardboard, suitably scoredor creased, and blanked. The blank is ada ted to be folded and assembledwith suitab e locks; and the handle portion, which is ofdoublethickness, is formed from the material of which certain walls ofthe box are formed, so that the'complete box with the handle requires nogreater material than would ordibe required for the making of a plainbox. The handle portion may remain flat before the blank is folded, andit may be readily turned up into position and passed through a slot inthe cover member, so that the body and cover are retained in-closedposition b the handle.

In the rawings forming part of this application,

Figure 1 is a face view of a blank, suitably cut and scored or creasedand from which the improved box is to be made,

Figure 2 is a sectional view through the center of the box whenassembled and ready for carrying,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the box when folded and assembled andready to be closed for carrying,

Figure 4 is an end view of the box in closed position,

Figure 5 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 5-5of Figure 3, and

Figure 6 is an end view of the box looking at the right hand end ofFigure 5.

While various changes may be made in wall of the box body.

the blank from which the box is formed, I have shown in Figure 1 thepreferred form of blank to be used in assembling a box containing myinvention. In this view the blank 1 has a section 2 which is to form thetop wall ofthe cover member, this portion being defined by the fourscoring or creasing lines 3, 4, 5, 6. The portion 7 which is outside ofone of the crease lines, .4, is to form one of the side walls of thecover; and the opposite portion 8 outside of the crease line 6 is toform another side wall of the cover. The portion 9 which is outside ofthe crease line 3 is to form one end wall of the cover; and the portion10 outside pf the crease line 5 is to form the opposite end wall of thecover. At the four corners of the cover portion of the blank I haveshown suitable tabs 11, 12 which are adapted to be inserted into theseveral diagonal slots 13, 14 for thepurpose of forminglocks between theside and end walls when the latter are folded in relation to the section2 when the box is being set up from the blank.

The other half of the blank 1, which is to form the body of the box,comprises a section 15 which is outlined by the crease lines 16, 17, 18,19 and is to form the bottom The portion 20 outside of the crease line17 is to form one of the side walls of the body; and the portion 21outside of the crease line 19 is to form the opposite side of the body.

The member 10 forms a wall at one end of the box which is common to boththe cover and the body. The portion of the blank which is outside of thecrease line 18 is of a width corresponding preferably with twice thedepth of the box and it is provided with a crease line 22 approximatelyhalfway between the crease line 18 and the end of the blank, so that theportion 23 may be folded over against the portion 24 before this foldedportion is turned up to constitute the end wall of the body. Tabs 25 areprovided at each side of the portion 24 which are adapted to be insertedinto the oblique slots 26 on the members 20, 21 to provide locks forsecuring the end and side walls of the body member.

The novel handle which forms the subject of my invention is shownin theupper part of Figure 1. The crease line 22 extends across the blank, andtherefore extends across the middle of the section which is to form thehandle. The sections 27, 28 are cut out as shown at 29 to form a doubleoutline of the handle and creases are formed at the four lines 30 onwhich the intermediate sections 27, 28 which are to form the handle, maybe bent. In addition. struction, there are two angular cuts 31, made atfour interior corners of the handle section, and in triangular relationtherewith there are formed-four crease lines 32.

In assembling or forming the box no definite order of procedure isnecessarily followed, but I will describe one method of forming theblank into a box. The cover section of the'blank 1 will be folded alongthe crease lines 4, 6 so that the two sections 7, 6 which are to formthe side walls will be I bent upwardly at right angles to the top wallsection 2; and the end section 9 will be bent up along the crease line 3and the opposite end section 10 will be bent up along the crease line 5,so that all of the four members 9, 7, 10, 6 stand at right angles. tothe section 2.

The various tabs 11, 12 will then eaclnbe inserted into their respectiveslots 13, 14 and form a look at each of the four corners of the coversection (as shown in Figure 3). This completes the formation of thecover section. It will be noted that there is a longitudinally extendingslot 34 in the end wall section 9 of the cover member, the purpose ofwhich will be set forth. The body portion may now be assembled bybending up the two side portions 20, 21 along the crease lines 17, 19.

The end section is then folded on the crease line 22 so that the portion23 is superim osed upon the portion 24 and this also fol s the portionof the blank which constitutes the handle, across its central line 22.The blank is then bent upon the crease line 18 so that the doubled endwall is bent up at right angles to the section 15. The tabs 25 are nowinserted into their respective slots 26 so that end locks are providedat two of the corners of the body. v

To close the box the cover is hinged by bending it along the crease line16, as shown in Figure 3, so that the side and end walls of the coveroverlap the side walls and the end wall of the body. The folded handlemembers 27,- 28 which now comprise two thicknesses of cardboard, arebent upwardly along the crease lines 30, so that as the end wall 9 ofthe cover slides over the end wall 23, 24 of the body the handle isturned outwardly through the slot 34 in the end wall of the cover; andwhen the cover has been completely closed the handle may be bent upinthe preferred conitself to wardly as shown in Figures2 and 4. After thehandle has been brought to this position the triangular extensions 35 mabe turned at right angles to the plane of the handle to prevent thehandle withdrawing through the slot 34 in the-cover, thereby preventingthe box from accidentally opening.

The handle forms a convenient means for carrying the box and at the sametime it retains it in closed condition. The handle be ing composed oftwo thicknesses of cardboard it is sufficiently strong to support thebox and its contents. The strainon the carrying handle comes directlyonvthe end wall of the body which is of double thickness and also on theend wall of the cover, so that the box is amply able to resist tearingwhen carryits greatest load.

5 It will-be obvious that the box blanks 1,

as shown in Figure 1, may be shipped in knock-down or flat form tomerchants, and they may be stored or kept in this condition so that:theyoccupy a minimum of space until they are to be formed into boxes.The

forming of the blank into a box is very simple and may be done asquickly as with an ordinary f'olding box. The handle is formed from thesame material of which the end Wall of the body is formed, so that nostock is wasted in the formation of the handle.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A folding box formed of a blank and having a bottom wall and side andend walls, one of said latter walls comprising a section folded uponitself to provide a wall of double thickness and a handle member formedin said section of duplicate, reversely arranged parts, each of saidhandle parts being formed on one of the folded portions of said doublewall, whereby when said wall is folded upon itself the handle member maybe bent upwardly therefrom and form a handle composed of a doublethickness of the blank material.

2. A folding box formed of a blank having a bottom Wall and side and endwalls, one of said latter walls comprising a section having a crease orscore line extending across the same, a handle member formed by cuttingsaid section to form similar handle members on opposite sides of saidcrease or score line, said section beingadapted to be folded uponprovide a wall of double thickness and said andle sections being adaptedto be folded on a line coinciding with said first mentioned crease or.score line, whereby a handle of double thickness will be formed on saidwall.

3. A folding box formed of a blank having a bottom wall and side and endwalls and having a sectibn connected with the body section and adaptedto form a cover for closing said bodysection, sald cover member having aslot therein, said body member having a section foldable on itself toprovide a wall of double thickness, and a handle member formed of saidlatter section and comprising similar parts reversely arranged inrelation to each other and foldable with said section whereby a handleof double thickness is formed in said wall of double thickness, saidhandle being adapted to be projected through the slot in said covermember.

4:. A folding box formed of a blank having a bottom wall and side andend walls, one of said latter walls comprising a section adapted to befolded upon itself to form a wall of double thickness, a handle membercomprising similar, relatively reversely disposed sections formed fromsaid double wall to provide a handle of double thickness, a cover memberhaving a slot to receive said handle therethrough, and tabs projectingfrom said handle member and adapted to be bent at an angle thereto aftersaid handle member has been assed through said slot in the cover, wherey to prevent the withdrawal of the handle member from said cover member.

Signed at the city, county, and State of New York, the 23rd day ofApril, 1928.

JACOB GROSSMAN.

